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JHU Edges OSU; Rematch Coming in ALC Tourney

from press release

COLUMBUS, OH - The Johns Hopkins women's
lacrosse team took its first lead of the game with 27:20 to play in
the game and held on to defeat host Ohio State, 11-10, in both
teams' regular season finale Sunday at Jesse Owens Memorial
Stadium. The Blue Jays (10-6, 2-3 ALC) earn the fourth seed in next
week's American Lacrosse Conference Tournament while the Buckeyes
(7-9, 1-4 ALC) will be the fifth seed.

Hopkins used a 6-1 run that bridged halftime to turn a two-goal
deficit into a three-goal lead with 20:35 still to play. Ohio State
answered with a three-goal burst, but back-to-back Blue Jay goals
and a late Buckeye turnover were the difference for Hopkins.
Hopkins was able to control the ball at the center circle,
outdrawing Ohio State, 18-5.

Trailing by two with just 2:03 to play, Hopkins got back-to-back
goals in the final 67 seconds to make it a 5-5 game at the half.
Junior Sarah Taylor would pull Hopkins within one at 1:07 when she
dodged across the top of the fan and down the right alley before
blowing a shot past Tori DeScenza for her second of the afternoon.
A nice individual effort by junior Sammy Cermack led to the tying
goal in the closing seconds. The Buckeyes were clearing after a
DeScenza save, but Cermack forced a turnover on the clear and drew
a foul to earn a free position. Instead of shooting, she passed to
senior Katie Duffey, who was open on the left post. Duffey cut in
front of the cage, hitched and then scored with just 10 seconds on
the clock.

Mary Kate Facchina opened the second half scoring with her
fourth straight goal for the Buckeyes 1:40 into the second period
to put OSU up 6-5. The Blue Jays would score four unanswered
however to push out to the three-goal lead. Freshman Dene'
DiMartino tied the game for the fourth time with a goal off a
left-alley dodge at 27:53. Just 33 seconds later, Taylor scored on
a dodge down the right alley and Hopkins led 7-6.

Cermack made it a two-goal game with her second of the
afternoon, taking a pass from classmate Taylor D'Amore, and
one-timing a shot past DeScenza from the doorstep. DiMartino
bookended the run as she scored off a crease-roll on a low shot at
20:35 to give the Blue Jays their biggest lead of the game.Jackie
Cifarelli got the Buckeyes back into it at the 17:03-mark, scoring
on a low shot just inside the left post. Less than a minute later,
Hallie Keselman found herself wide open in the alley and
quick-sticked a pass from Cara Facchina past senior Cosette Larash
to cut the deficit to one. Just over four minutes later, the teams
found themselves tied for the fifth time when Katie Chase scored
from in tight off another Cara Faccchina helper.

Hopkins answered with a pair of goals in a 50-second span to go
back up by two with 8:48 to play. D'Amore, who was face-guarded for
most of the game, was able to beat her defender to the goal,
tiptoed along the crease and buried her second goal of the game to
put JHU back on top. Sophomore Jen Cook then scored from close
range off a D'Amore feed from behind and it was 11-9 Hopkins.

JHU was awarded the draw due to an Ohio State yellow card
following the goal and the Blue Jays were able to run more time off
the clock before Cermack earned a free position shot at 6:37. Her
shot ricocheted off the far post and Heather Gravinese came up with
the ground ball for the Buckeyes. Mary Kate Facchina would cash in
for Ohio State, scoring her fifth goal of the game at 4:39, off a
feed from Cifarelli to make it a one-goal game.

Ohio State came up with the draw and Chase drew a free position
at 3:35 but Larash came up with the save. The Buckeyes controlled
the loose ball, but less than a minute later, sophomore Octavia
Williams checked the ball out of Cifarelli's stick and came up with
the ground ball. Hopkins was able to clear and run out the clock to
earn the win.

Cifarelli put the Buckeyes on the board at the 25:02-mark of the
first half as she scored from the doorstep off a Cara Facchina
pass. Kelsea Ayers then took a pass from Jennifer Porretto and
scored to put Ohio State up by two less than two minutes later. It
took Hopkins until midway through the first half to get on the
board, but the Jays needed just 37 seconds to tie the game. D'Amore
ended the Blue Jays' drought at 15:20 when she dodged from behind
the cage, rolled the crease and snuck a side-arm shot inside the
far post. Taylor then tied the game with an unassisted goal off the
dodge at 14:43.

Mary Kate Facchina put Ohio State back on top with a
high-to-high shot from the middle of the fan with 9:12 to go in the
first half. Cermack answered quickly for Hopkins with a free
position goal just 21 seconds later and the score was knotted at
three apiece. Mary Kate Facchina once again gave the Buckeyes a
two-goal lead with back-to-back goals at 5:55 and 2:03. The Blue
Jays would get that the final two goals of the half however and the
game was tied at five heading into the break.

Taylor led the Blue Jays with her seventh hat trick of the
season, while also controlling four draws. D'Amore scored two goals
to go with two assists and a game-high seven draws. DiMartino and
Cermack each notched two goals, while DiMartino also controlled six
draws. Larash finished with three saves to earn the win, the 32nd
of her career to tie the JHU Division I record. Mary Kate Facchina
led the Buckeyes with a game-high five goals while her sister,
Cara, dished a game-high four helpers. DeScenza finished with five
saves in the loss.

Hopkins will
host the seventh annual ALC Tournament at Homewood Field, May 2, 3
and 5. JHU will face Ohio State in the opening game on Thursday,
May 2. Opening draw for the first round game is set for 4:00
pm.